The Polish nation’s enthusiasm for contactless and mobile payments was highlighted by research commissioned by First Data in October 2011, in which 51% of Poles surveyed said they would use a mobile device to make payments compared with just 25% of respondents in the UK/Ireland. Additionally, nearly a third of Polish consumers said they would […]
The Brits tend to be a pretty staid bunch, but with the Olympics and the Queen’s diamond jubilee celebrations set for 2012, they’re gearing themselves up for quite a party – and contactless has been invited! As a G10 nation, it has many of the characteristics of other economies in the grouping. It is the […]
Ingenico a worldwide provider of payment solutions, has worked together with Banco Santander and Orange on the development in Spain of the first payment system with multi-brand NFC mobile, which will enable users in the city of Group Santander, near Madrid, to make purchases of any amount simply by putting their mobile telephone close up […]
Orange has unveiled ‘Quick Tap Treats’ – the UK’s first mobile contactless retail reward scheme, in partnership with the EAT. restaurant chain. Quick Tap Treats will allow all Orange customers with NFC enabled handsets to simply tap their mobile phone on specially designed posters at any of the 110 EAT. outlets so they can receive […]
This is a very brief snippet of what we have coming out at the end of the month. It’s a short trailer from our Poland Embraces Contactless short film that we shot earlier this month. Let us know what you think. And yes, it really was that cold…
The M-Stadium project led by Orange, through its Orange Labs research and development facility in Caen, is rising to the challenge of deploying mobile contactless technology to cover spectators’ entire “journey” in stadiums, from buying seats and using e-tickets to reading interactive tags in and around stadiums. On Wednesday September 21, for the French Ligue […]
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has announced that PTK Centertel, an Orange group affiliate, is deploying the largest NFC program in Poland, with a commercial offer targeting several thousand users. This new initiative reinforces Gemalto’s active role in Orange Group’s NFC expansion strategy with deployments already in the UK, France and now Poland. […]
Last week Orange announced the launch of Orange Cash, the UK’s first major contactless prepaid MasterCard card. The announcement follows the launch of the Orange contactless credit card in 2010 and this year’s roll out of a commercial contactless mobile payments service on Orange. Perfect for the first time bank card user, the Orange Cash […]
